Heavy Metal Blog: Rob Reiner

Vince's Drummer's - Rob Reiner

Today’s heavy metal blog is about Robb Reiner. Robb is one of the true pioneers of heavy metal in the late 70’s and a lot of drummers have used the sound that was created by Robb back in the late 70’s and early 80’s. When they began to play, they started before Metallica, Anthrax, Megadeth, Slayer and helped to lay the groundwork for these and other bands later. “Lips” and Robb played together when they were in high school in the early 70’s and formed the band “Anvil” a few years later. Robb has been such a big driving force in the band and has stuck with his friend Lips all these years as well as the band over the past year. They are now doing great things in the rock world and getting their “due”, finally.

Their style of music is comical and unique with such songs as “Thumb Hang”, “Backwaxed”, “Fryin’ Cryin” and “Butter-Bust Jerky”. I remember watching the "Mad Dog" video on our Canadian music video station Much Music. That had a comic spin on it as well.

Because of a manger, in their early days, that derailed their progress and career from exploding at a crucial time they lost out big on being part of the metal scene up until their movie was released in January 2008. When asked why he didn't give up over the past decades, Robb said, "We were never going to give up, we did this because we love it. We have a passion for music. It’s our identity. And we love doing what we do. That’s it. So there’s no reason to give it up. Plus, give up for what? We have fans. We have tens of thousands of fans throughout the world who buy our records – that’s reason enough to keep going." And he always knew that one day the majesty of Anvil would be discovered.

He also goes on to say that "We’re going to continue doing what we’ve always done, there’s just a whole new element now. We quit our day jobs, we don’t work any more, we have a real manager, we have agents, we have record companies, we have a full-blown team, the missing link that has been missing for many years and we plan on rocking the world, man."

I had the pleasure of getting to see the band in action last summer in Moncton, New Brunswick, when they opened up for AC/DC. Robb got to play his heart out along with his band mates, of course, to 80 thousand plus people! I can only imagine what that must have felt like. I really like the drum setup that Robb has. It was awesome to see him pound away on that kit last summer. You can help support the band by purchasing their new CD at http://my.tbaytel.net/~tgallo@tbaytel.net/anvil/ this will really help the guys to continue to keep playing all those awesome shows, it will keep Robb pounding away on those awesome drums and we can’t get enough of “METAL ON METAL”!!

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Rock on,

Vince Steele


Heavy Metal Blog: Rob Reiner Vince's Drummer's - Rob Reiner Today’s heavy metal blog is about Robb Reiner. Robb is one of the true pioneers of heavy metal in the late 70’s and a lot of drummers have used the sound that was created by Robb back in the late 70’s and early 80’s. When they began to play, they started before Metallica, Anthrax, Megadeth, Slayer and helped to lay the groundwork for these and other bands later. “Lips” and Robb played together when they were in high school in the early 70’s and formed the band “Anvil” a few years later. Robb has been such a big driving force in the band and has stuck with his friend Lips all these years as well as the band over the past year. They are now doing great things in the rock world and getting their “due”, finally. Their style of music is comical and unique with such songs as “Thumb Hang”, “Backwaxed”, “Fryin’ Cryin” and “Butter-Bust Jerky”. I remember watching the "Mad Dog" video on our Canadian music video station Much Music. That had a comic spin on it as well. Because of a manger, in their early days, that derailed their progress and career from exploding at a crucial time they lost out big on being part of the metal scene up until their movie was released in January 2008. When asked why he didn't give up over the past decades, Robb said, "We were never going to give up, we did this because we love it. We have a passion for music. It’s our identity. And we love doing what we do. That’s it. So there’s no reason to give it up. Plus, give up for what? We have fans. We have tens of thousands of fans throughout the world who buy our records – that’s reason enough to keep going." And he always knew that one day the majesty of Anvil would be discovered. He also goes on to say that "We’re going to continue doing what we’ve always done, there’s just a whole new element now. We quit our day jobs, we don’t work any more, we have a real manager, we have agents, we have record companies, we have a full-blown team, the missing link that has been missing for many years and we plan on rocking the world, man." I had the pleasure of getting to see the band in action last summer in Moncton, New Brunswick, when they opened up for AC/DC. Robb got to play his heart out along with his band mates, of course, to 80 thousand plus people! I can only imagine what that must have felt like. I really like the drum setup that Robb has. It was awesome to see him pound away on that kit last summer. You can help support the band by purchasing their new CD at http://my.tbaytel.net/~tgallo@tbaytel.net/anvil/ this will really help the guys to continue to keep playing all those awesome shows, it will keep Robb pounding away on those awesome drums and we can’t get enough of “METAL ON METAL”!! Comment on this Heavy Metal Blog! Rock on, Vince Steele	......... .........